Cutting out of the Hermione Puns

So, I have been reading HP fanfiction since GoF was released 18 years ago. In all that time I had never found a story featuring Harry as a new Dark Lord that I enjoyed. They were all just, I don't know, unlogical? There always were a ton of obvious plot holes that made me abandon the stories rather quickly.

Then I found "The Sum of Their Parts" by holdmybeer linkffn(11858167) yesterday. I could not stop reading. It's characterizations were sublime.

Now I am wondering if I have missed any other fics like this. Where Harry turns dark with a believable plot and where Ron and Hermione don't run straight for the hills at the first signs of dark magic/intentions.

Thanks in advance!

It's a good thing that people are starting to realize certain people in their lives are bad for them.

So then at the beginning of the year they make a post:

"This year, I'm cutting out the people who drain me"

Sounds good, right?

But then it continues

"Leaving people who are full of bullshit behind"

"Living for me"

"I have no time for people who aren't supportive"

Posts like that for the whole year without stopping. Then you start to wonder about this person

There are a few things that could be wrong with this person:

A: They're fishing for attention

B: They attract a LOT of toxic people

C: They're holding a grudge

D: They STILL haven't gotten rid of the people they said they would. Showing they can't follow through with stuff, the longer they do this without taking action the worse it is

E: If they feel the need to announce it, then they probably want to cause drama

All of those are signs they're probably toxic themselves.

Edit 1: I forgot to mention that these people specifically's definition of "toxic" is usually someone that they just had a simple disagreement with or because of one argument. The people dealing with with real toxicity issues just remove and don't say anything, which is the key difference between someone trying to improve their social situation and someone trying to make it look like they have problems for sympathy.

Edit 2: Please note that I'm not talking about the very act of cutting out toxic people, I'm referring to the act of announcing how "Over it" you are. By all accounts, PLEASE cut toxic people out of your life. But I'm just saying, we don't all need to know about it if not asked. Posting on social media about it, especially more than one time, is a sign that YOU'RE toxic because of the reasons I listed

So I’m currently in Tampa on a work trip, and in my Uber to the zoo the radio starts playing Work From Home (a certified bop).

But for some reason, when the Ty Dolla $ign verse comes up, they instead left it on a loop of Lauren going “work, work, work, work” continuously for the entire duration. It sounded pretty bad and I don’t understand why this seems to happen a lot on the radio.

I noticed it a lot with Problem by Ariana when that song was at its peak, a lot of stations cut out the Iggy verse. Is it because radio listeners don’t typically like rap, or is there some other reason? (Also now Team by Lorde is playing... this radio station has taste)

Having your game go silent at the start of a stronghold really sucks. It pretty much kills most of the enjoyment for the rest of the game. Especially since I use sound to help me figure out what's going on around me.

If the writers plan a season arc in advance and thus plan love interests for both Chuck and Sarah, shouldn't they show a reason why Chuck should suddenly forget he loves Sarah or not notice that Sarah is warming back up to him after Prague? Did they plan to make Sarah's love interest a creeper and let her experience his creepiness (S3E7), first with annoyance and then with interest?

Usually, if the heroine's LI is a creeper, the audience knows it but the heroine doesn't until the end, or else the audience questions her intelligence and moral judgment.

But in this case, it's plain to Sarah that Shaw's a creeper. Adding to this, she and the rest of the team are not only oblivious to Shaw's incompetence but actually mistake it for greatness—and do so for the better part of 10 episodes.

So, throughout S3E4-13, the team's intelligence is insulted and Sarah's intelligence is insulted twice.

Is this the intention of the writers? Or is it bad writing? Do the writers, like the main characters, also think Shaw is great? Or do they know, just like the audience, that he's an incompetent creeper? Or do they want the audience to also think Shaw's great? But then why make him so obviously unlikable in S3E4-7?

Also, Sarah hates how Chuck is changing. So, what does she do? Well, of course, she hooks up with the very guy who's pushing these changes. She's mad at Chuck for his red test but then has a great time at dinner laughing and flirting with the very guy who had her proctor Chuck's red test, and she feels no lingering guilt or sadness whatsoever (even though she felt plenty of both when she gave Chuck the red test instructions at dinner).

What is the audience supposed to think of this Sarah of S3E7-12? Is this person even Sarah?

And Shaw's motivations? He's obsessed with defeating the Ring for allegedly killing his beloved wife and needs the Intersect to work properly in order to achieve this purpose. Defeating the Ring is what he's dedicated his life to. So, what does this "great" spy do? Well, of course, he hooks up with the Intersect's love interest, which gets the Intersect to malfunction. It's what great spies with life missions do, isn't it? (Aside from the fact that he also broke the cardinal rule of spying by falling in love with and marrying his wife. That's fine. Marrying her was probably the only competent thing Shaw ever did.)

Truly, it's like these characters suddenly drank Hermione's amortentia love potion and can't help acting stupid.

We're a few days into the new decade and streaming services are getting more hot with many Hollywood and non-Hollywood companies entering the fray (Disney Plus, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Amazon Prime, Shudder, Apple TV, etc).

Has anyone else worked through similar emotions? How did you effectively cope? Did it ever get easier?

My father is a toxic narcissist and he's used my pregnancy as an excuse to draw a line in the sand. I'm 37F and a FTM.

He doesn't like my partner of 10+ years and this is the catalyst for him to finally give me the ol' unspoken ultimatum: that I can continue have a relationship with my partner if I choose - but he's no longer going to "play nice" by being civil to him during gatherings, etc. Which I'm unwilling to accept.

He's emotionally stunted and feels like he owns his children. He literally did the same exact thing to my brother and his wife - and since my brother "chose" his pregnant spouse over his father they haven't spoken in 5 years.

But here's the thing - I was always the compliant child. The co-dependent one. The one who stuck around and dealt with our father's endless life drama because I was made to feel guilty and responsible for his happiness. It's hard to break out of that mold now.

I know he's responsible for the decision I have to make. I know that my future child deserves to be protected from his manipulation and negativity. I know these things logically... but my brain won't let me "off the hook" from a massive amount of inherent guilt. He's not a total monster; he himself is deeply damaged from a horrific upbringing - but he's never been able to self reflect or improve himself.

I feel such strong pity for him. For what he's losing. He's professed to want nothing more in his life than grandchildren... yet he then pushed his own children away when his dreams were to become reality. It's just so... unfortunate.

I'm equal parts angry and sad. I'm so pissed at him for making my pregnancy about himself. I'll never forgive him for stealing my joy during this period of my life. How can I reconcile all of these feelings?

I guess I don't want to allow him any more emotional space in my head but I'm not certain that's possible in the immediate... it sucks also because my stress about his behavior and feelings (and those of his wife - who I do really like) has affected my ability to fully celebrate my pregnancy with my Mom and others... I feel guilt/pity experiencing their excitement because it reminds me that he's missing out on that... it's like he's a rain cloud over my life.

tl;dr: I know I *shouldn't* feel guilt about cutting out a toxic parent but I do. How do I stem the inherent pity I feel for the person who is depriving t

Heya Reddit, I'd really appreciate your opinion on this situation I'm in. I tried to condense it but it's still kinda long, so apologies for that.

I’ve known this friend for over two years. We met online because we’re both fans of the same show, and we’ve never met in person.

We didn’t talk too often at first, but after I left my LTR we talked every day. He’d listen to me venting and supported me through the breakup. I in turn would support him as he vented about his failed relationship from years back, where he was cheated on. We were both dealing with similar self-esteem issues so we had a little common ground there where we could be frank about feelings that would make other friends uncomfortable if we talked about them.

He always had a darker sense of humor though, and he’d talk very passionately about his negative feelings towards things and groups of people. He hated furries and would rather they died, he hated gay people because of forceful, unwanted advances he’d experienced in the past. He’d make fun of trans people, but it was okay because he had furry, gay and trans friends and they got along well and he was "respectful" with them, only throwing out a few "playful jabs" here and there. He knew I was pansexual and said that he’d stop talking to me if I made any advances on him. I was like aight chill I’m not even interested. I tried to play it off like this behavior didn’t bother me much, but I was low key starting to feel inadequate around this, although I didn’t pin down the feeling and put a name on it until much later.

He encouraged me to play my own music for the first time to an audience at a convention in my city that he wanted to go to, and I asked him to play with me, that he could stay with me and I'd even help him out with the con tickets. I sent him the songs so he could rehearse and everything, and he did, dutifully. Over time he would often have episodes where he’d talk disparagingly about himself, saying he was worthless and that he’d never amount to anything, and that he’d rather die and he just didn’t kill himself because he wanted to look after his parents. I felt that I was constantly talking him down from a ledge, but it started to get exhausting to try to be supportive and encouraging and still be met with so much resistance.

The last straw came during a discussion about gender, where he told me I was a coward for harboring some opinions about it, and that previous actions I had taken supported his point (referring to p

Back in 2009 when the economy tanked I lost my job, my car, my apartment, my girlfriend. Basically everything. At first I didn’t want anyone to know what had happened so I stayed at a friends house for a week while I looked for a new job. But his landlord told me guests couldn’t stay for more than 7 days at a time in a 30 day period. So I asked my mother if I could stay with her while I looked for a job. I told her I’d be on the street homeless if she didn’t help me and she still decided to refuse to help me. Fast forward 2 months, I’ve been sleeping on the streets for every night still unable to secure a job. Even something like Safeway or McDonald’s. My dad finds out that I’m homeless and sends me a ticket to come live with him in NJ and I accept. Within a week I have a job and in 3 months I’m in my own place again. It’s been 10 years since then and I haven’t spoken to my mother because of what I perceive to be a betrayal. She attempts to contact me frequently and I ignore it. AITA for cutting her out of my life?

TL;DR mother let me be homeless and I never forgive her.

Edit: I have already cut ties. I haven’t spoken to her in 10 years. It’s my siblings telling me that I am the asshole that prompted this post.

Edit: people keep asking for her reasoning and all I can say is what she said to me. She said she couldn’t afford to let me stay. But all I was asking for was a place to sleep. Not money, or food. I was getting a small unemployment check and eventually I got food stamps. I could have contributed.

Edit: I guess I also have to say that I never asked my parents for anything. I’ve earned everything I have. I am not a drug user and I have never been. I don’t drink and I’ve been the most responsible of all the children. Oh and my post should probably be she let me STAY homeless instead of let me be homeless.

He said to do it on my own Time.

It’s like Star Wars “I’ve got a bad feeling about this”, or losing an arm in a marvel movie.

My oldish one started to cut out so im looking to get a new mouse but i like the mouse weight. Does the problem still happen? i know this mouse is renowned for it. Also looking for other mouse suggestions :)

Now I have the smoothest skin ever, and I didn't cut! Victory!